Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 33, Richard Garretson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Garretson, Richard Kelly
No. 33
CONTENTS

2,170
New Jersey
Nelly Garretson widow of Richard Garretson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 5. April 1836 of Somerset Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Quick in the N. Jersey line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 6 April 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of April 1839 and sent to New Jos. T. (Randolph, Freehold. N.J.)
  Arrears to the 4th of March 39  58.45    Semi-annual allowance ending Sep.  10.00     $68.45  
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 124

P 77 348 New Jersey Richard Garretson
of Somerset in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt commanded by Col. Quick on the N Jersey line for 2 Yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to J. H. Randolph M.C. Pursuant
Arrears to the 4th of May '32 $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '32 140
$ 300
{ Revolutionary Claim, Age June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. O. [Signature] Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 112

Richard Garrison -
W 6082
17 P.

The state of New-Jersey, Somerset County to wit. On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, One thou- sand Eight hundred and thirty two. Personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting. Richard Garrison, a resident in the township of Franklin in said County, aged on the 22 d day of September next, seventy four years, who first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832. That he entered the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war under Capt. James Quick, volunteered for one month, went to Newark and went to New- York when the British man of war Asia layed there. and then returned to Newark does not now recollect the Genl. I entered for six months under the said Capt. Quick as a minute man and private and served his full time out. This was at the beginning of the war - was out under Capt. Lott at Elizabethtown served there one month - served one month under Capt. Quick at Amboy served one month under Capt. Moore at Princeton - at Middlesex at the time was out at the time the British lay at New Brunswick after the Battles of Princeton and Trenton a period of about six months, was in the service of the United States as a militia man, and was drafted - one month a Suck a sunny plame, to watch to Tories to keep them from trading with the British - one month under Capt. Hall - Thinks that he served more than three years in the whole, one time out as a Substitute for Henry Boock - never Rec d a written discharge from the service - Served under Col. Quick - Col. Woom - was in the Battle of Monmouth soon then under Genl. Hurd and Maj. Morris - when I lived when I entered the service of the country of Somerset, has lived some part of the time since the Revolution now lives in Franklin township, was born in the year 1759, 22 nd September - has a record of my age in the family Bible - Am known to a great many men who can testify to my good character. Minisart Van Arsdale can testify to a part of my services - all my other witnesses are dead or moved entirely off to the new countries -

He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency of any state
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James H. Gaston Richard of  his Garrison mark
Somerset County ss. Be it Remembered That on this fifteenth day of August In the Year aforesaid Personally appeared in open court Before the judge aforesaid, Mundiart Van Arsdale who being sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Richard Garrison the above applicant. That this deponent served one tour of duty at Annapolis in the service of the Revolutionary war in the service of the United States. That he has always understood and believes that the said applicant served as a soldier of the Revolution. This deponent is forty two years of age next winter.
Edward Benardalen
Sworn to open court
James H. Gaston

We John Zabriskie - a clergyman residing in the Township of Hillsborough County of - and Farrington Barclay residing in Franklin said County - hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Garrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day of John L. Zabriskie and year aforesaid } Farrington Barclay J. P. Gaston
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Zabriskie who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Somerset - and that Farrington Barclay who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County Somerset - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit - J. P. Gaston
I John M. Mann, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Garrison for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. Office Chief Clerk of August 16 the year aforesaid -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two -
J. M. Mann

Richard Garritson
124
Decl 15 Aug 1832

Interrogatories proposed to Richard Garrison and answers thereto The Said Richard Garrison being sworn Saith that he was born in Franklin Somerset county in the year 1759. 22 nd Sep. — I have a record of my age in family bible at home. I lived in Hillsborough Somerset county when I was called into service. — I have lived in the County of Somerset since the Revolutionary war recd at about 60 years when I lived in Middlesex county — I was a volunteer — a Substitute and was drafted in the service. I was a Substitute for Henry Box one year for one staff and others that I cannot recollect — our regular officers were Genl Beard — Col F. Fading haysen — Col Wroom. Maj Vivian and others who were with the troops when & where I served — I first entered the service in the year 1776 in Somerset county under Capt Quick we marched to Newark — I served in the year 1777 — I served in the year 1778 and every year until the close of the war. I always served as a private militiaman. I never received a written discharge, always got verbal permission to go when my time was out or relieved —
And the said Richard Garrison doth further depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service But according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades as a private militiaman two years and six months for such service I claim a pension. Sworn & Subscribed this 26 th of June 1833 before me Wm H Gaston Richard his X Garrison mark
Militant Vancampen Being sworn on his oath saith that he was out in the service of the U.S. in the war of the Revolution with Richard Garrison the above applicant. he was out with him a great many times in the service and at different places and does verify

Believe that he was out with him during the revolution in the service for more than two years. His appointment is in his twenty third year. Minard Van Arsdale
Sworn & Subscribed this 26 th of June 1833 before me
Wm B. Gaston
I do hereby Certify that Minard Van Arsdale who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit, is a person of truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief June 26 th 1833.
Wm B. Gaston
State of New Jersey p: I John M Mann Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that William B. Gaston when his signature is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court in full commission &c. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal & office this 28 th day of June 1833
J. M. Mann

V 3678
2170
Mid Decals
38

Declaration of Polly Garrison of the County of Somerset New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows,"
State of New Jersey, ss County of Somerset } On this eighteenth day of October December One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County (the said Court being in session) personally appeared Polly Garrison of said County widow of Richard Garrison deceased who being duly sworn according to law on her oath saith maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she was born on the twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine and is consequently in the eightieth year of her age: that she is the widow of Richard Garrison formerly of the County of Somerset deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution and drew a pension of eighty dollars per annum for his services as such: that to the papers on file in his case she refers for support to this application for a pension. Her said husband did his service in the militia of New Jersey
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Garrison in the

I summer to wit in July or August one thousand seven hundred and eighty four (1784) by the Rev. Mr Grayfey that she has no record of her marriage the only one in existence to her knowledge having been made in her Father's Bible long since destroyed; that she has no children and never has had an the record of the births of which might serve to substantiate her statement; but that she has a brother living who was present at her marriage and who she presumes will be able to testify to it; that her husband the aforesaid Richard Garretson died on the fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four to wit at at the time above stated and that she now remains the widow of the said Richard Garretson deceased  Subscribed and sworn on the day and year aforesaid before me  Nelly Garretson
Peter L. Kirtland Judge
I hereby certify that in consequence of her age and great bodily infirmity, Nelly Garretson, the above named deponent and applicant for a pension, is unable to appear in Court. Her limbs are so paralyzed that she cannot walk without assistance.
Peter L. Kirtland Judge

State of John Seney, County of Somerset, I John M Mann, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Peter S. Seney, before whom the foregoing declaration of Kelly Gant was made, is a Judge of said Court, and that his signature as such is in his own proper hand writing. I also certify, that the said Peter S. Seney is also a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that John Salton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said Coun- ty, and that their signatures, respectively, in the affidavits before them of Kelly Van Phe & John Bennett, herewith, are in their own pro- per hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
J. M. Mann.

State of New Jersey, Somerset County ss: On this ninth day of October 1838, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Bennet known to me as a credible person, whose testi- mony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is a brother to the lately Garretson widow of Richard Garretson dec: - that he was born in December in the year 1766, and is now in the 72 nd year of his age - that he remembers well the marriage of his said sister Polly with Richard Garretson. It took place he thinks the next year after the formal close of the war viz. in the year 1784. He was present at the marriage, and was then pretty well grown up. It took place at his father's  the minister's house in the presence of but a few persons there being no parade of a wedding and was solemnized by the Rev. Mr. Myles. It was in the latter part as he thinks of the summer. He is certain that it was af- ter the war was over, and within a short period of the Proclamation of peace. Said Richard Garretson is now dead, and his sis- ter is a widow, confined to the house by old age and infirmity, being affected with the
palpitations and sur- geons before me on the day and year aforesaid John P. Schuyler Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Somerset
John Bennet

3678
Nelly Ganelon's case
Admitted
Private 6 months
Hon. Jos. F. Randolph Faulkner H. R. N. J.

State of New Jersey, County of Somerset ss On this eighteenth day of October December 1838 before me a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid per- sonally appeared Nelly Van Dine known to me as a credible person whose testimony may be fully relied upon who being duly sworn on her oath saith that she is well acquainted with Nelly Garretson of said County widow of Richard Gar- retson deceased has known her for upwards of fifty years - knows that said Nelly formerly Nel- ly Bennet was married to the said Richard Garretson before her own marriage with Reynar Van Dine which last marriage took place in 1787. She believes that the marriage of said Nelly Garretson was in 1785. She is certain at any rate that it was sometime prior to her own marriage deponent is acquainted with the family of said Nelly Garretson and knows that she never had any children. Deponent lived within two miles of said Nelly Garretson at the time of said Nelly's marriage sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid
her Nelly X Van Dine Mark.
John P. Murray Justice of the Peace
I am acquainted with Peter S. Ver- vins. I believe him to be a Justice of the peace that the signature at- tached to the foregoing jurat is his proper signature -
H. H. Randolph Civ.

W. 33 - mid -
Richd Garrison
Aug 15, 1832 - 43.
Franklin Twp, Somerset Co N.J.
- 76 - Somerset Co N.J.
Capt Jas Quick
Cut Van Dyke 1 m.
- Quick 6 m.
Capt Litt
" Moore
" Hall
Monmouth
Think 2 mi 6 m in all
Capt W. Morgan
Married 1784 Kelly
Bennett Inf. Co Aug.
Since Apr 5, 1836

18 Greene St. N.Y.
July 28. 1900 -
Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly favor me with such information as the records contain of Richard Garrison mentioned in "New York in the Revolution " as having put in an application for a pension.
Very respectfully -
D. C. M. Garrison,
By William P. Glee & Co.,
18 Greene St -
New York City.

1900 - A. 1. 5 C. M. Garrison N.Y. City
33
WIDOW, &c. ©
Rev
File No.
33
Nelly Garrison Widow
Richard Garrison Priv. Riv. War
Act:
July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol.
A
Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr Jarby
Nelly Garrison
son of Richard
born 13 Dec 1838
died 12 Feb 1839
by the
At 7 July 1838

New Jersey
Richard Garritson in sole act of June 7 th 1832 to what time paid?
VL
John Harry Esq
Died 5 th April 1836 paid to that period
JH

Si Be so good as to have the within card examined
Yours with Respect
J L Edwards Esq
Joseph Randolph

6082
Richard Garrital
Admitted
Private 26 mounted dc
Hon James A. Randolph C.V. Brumback C.V. Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
July 21 st 1843
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Richard Garrison
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. (Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.)
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
Personally appeared before me Henry M. Wilson - one of the justices of the peace in and for said County. John L. Zabriskie who being not duly affirmed did depose and say that he is now a minister of the Gospel or clergyman in the congregation of Milltown in said County of Somerset that he has examined the records of marriages in the congregational books of said Church and cannot find any record of marriage of Mrs. Nelly Garrison to her late husband Richard Garrison and is fully satisfied there is no such record of marriage of the aforesaid Nelly Garrison there recorded.
S. Lansing. Calbushie
Affirmed before me this fourth day of February 1839 -
Henry M. Wilson Jr. Justice of the peace
This is to certify that the above signed S. Lansing Zabriskie is a minister of the gospel as above set out that he is in all things entitled to the fullest possible credit of unimpeachable character for truth and veracity and every thing he may assert fully to be relied on and affirmed as above declaring himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath.
Henry M. Wilson Justice of the peace

Richard G. Anderson
affidavit in his case
James M. Randolph

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. On this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three, before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Minard Van Andelam & Peter Montfort soldiers of the Revolution, who being sworn, swore replied say, that they are well acquainted with Richard Ganotson, the applicant for a Pension named in his application, and have known him from boyhood, know him to be a man of great piety & strict veracity, I have not a question of the truth of the entire statement (which they have here read) of the said Ganotson in relation to his revolutionary services. And the said Minard Van Andelam for himself says, that Richard Ganotson was throughout the war of the Revolution in constant & active service - that he was at in each of the years 1776 '77, '78, '79, '80 & '81, though not in the same company, was in the same regiment, and had very frequent opportunities of meeting, was also neighbors, & knew when each other went out - saw said Ganotson after at Amboy, Elizabeth town, and on the lines of that station, and can say positively, to the best of our knowledge that said was not in the years he has mentioned. And the said Peter Montfort for himself says that he also knows from boy- hood at the same time with him in the same regiment, that said Ganotson performed his regular hours of duty throughout the war, saw him in 76, 77, 78 & 79, he thinks afterwards, was with him at the battle of Monmouth, before and afterwards.
From the date before me and the day hereafter Peter P. Kempton Justice of the Peace
Minard Van Andelam Peter Montfort

I hereby certify that Mindart Van Arsdale and Peter Monfort the deponents in the foregoing affidavits are respectable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Peter R. Bronson Justice of the Peace
Nicholas Booraeu Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter R. Bronson before whom the foregoing affidavit of Mindart Van Arsdale Peter R. Bronson was a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned, that the signature of said Justice thereon affixed, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
N Booraeu Clerk

Richard Garrison
22 nd Dec r 1 Aug 1833

Supplemental Declaration of Richard Gantrow of Somerset County, State of New Jersey an applicant for a pension named in paper number 8082
State of New Jersey
Somerset county ss Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in New Jersey county Richard Gantrow who being duly sworn, deposes and says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of all his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & always in the grade of a private. He entered the service in 1776 and served as a volunteer one month under Capt. James Lock. I was marched to Newark & Sandy Hook New York. He was under Lieut. Col. Van Dyke. He was then raised in York County. In the same year for another period he enlisted in the six months service. Served six months under Capt. Lock & Col. Van Dyke. Was stationed chiefly at Newark. This was after the British had possession of New York & while the Continental Congress was engaged in guarding that section of the State. In the year 1777 he being discharged voluntarily, was ordered out of service in the year 1778 voluntarily, four terms of a month each after the six months service. I was stationed one month at Amboy under Captain Lock - the second month under Capt. Lock at Elizabeth Town & the third & fourth terms under Capt. Lock at Elizabeth Town & that vicinity - guarding those sections of the State & protecting the property of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the enemy. * His superior officers this year was Col. Lock and the same man that was Col. J. D. Lieut. Col. Van Dyke. In the year 1778 he performed five terms of a month each - the two first terms under Capt. Lock at Elizabeth Town - the third term at the same station under Capt. Fulkerson - & the remaining two terms

of a month each under Capt. Moore at the same station engaged all the year - principally in guarding along the lines from Amboy to the point. During the summer of this year when the British came into New Jersey from Philadelphia to Philadelphia; they were marched to the hill under Capt. Smith, Major Stevens & Col. Van Dyke. The stone to Monmouth was in that round-like unmounted battle and I saw both high powered with heat of battle.
In the year 1779 he performed five tours of a month each - the first first three tours at or near Elizabeth town under Capt. Smith - the remaining two tours under Capt. Moore - the first at Milltown & the other at Griggstown - the whole under the Lieutenant General of Col. Van Dyke - engaged in guarding their sections & protecting the desolate families & property of his fellow citizens. In the year 1780 he performed five tours as before in the regular classed militia - the first tour under Capt. Smith between Elizabeth town & Woodbridge - the third tour as a substitute for one Henry Cook under Capt. Smith at Elizabeth town & the fourth tour at Middlesex Plains under Capt. Moore & the fifth at Elizabeth town under Capt. Moore also. The whole chiefly under Col. Smith or Col. Brown and engaged in guarding the desolate from the enemy & protecting their sections from depredations & keeping the Tories from trading with the enemy. In the year 1781 he performed as before four tours in this year of a month each - the first two under Capt. Smith - the latter two tours under Capt. Moore & the same Captain Officer and all on the Woodbridge Elizabeth town station engaged in the performance of similar duties. He was not much more than a son of a soldier but earned at this time more particularly speaking his services in detail

Ans for their services particularized in claims & hopes to receive a pension. In support of his claim he refers to the additional testimony of Minard Van Andelen I also to the evidence of Peter Marport accompanying this supplemental declaration — Subscribed & sworn to this first day of August 33 Richard his  X Garrison 2018:3 before me 33 Mark Harrington Barbocalow justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Somerset County } Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Harrington Barbocalow before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof and now is a justice of the peace in and for said county in full commission & In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this fifth day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty three J. M. Mann